Crutch and furniture tip.



F. TOWN.

ORUTGH AND FURNITURE TIP.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1914.

Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

Application filed May 23, 1914. Serial N 0. 840,540.

To all whom it may concern:

'Be it known that I, FRANK G. TOWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Orutch and Furniture Tips, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in crutch and furniture tips, the object of the invention being to provide a tip of the character stated which may be readily positioned on any ordinary crutch, table leg, or

other similar article of furniture, and which will provide an anti-slipping cushion to sustain the weight and prevent noise or skidding.

A further object is to provide a tip consisting of a socket, preferably of spring metal, having in its larger end an opening for the reception of a rubber or similar plug, the latter of two diameters, the smaller diameter projecting through the hole in the socket, and the larger diameter lying within the socket and receiving directly thereupon-the weight or pressure of the article to which it is attached, whereby the socket operates merely to hold the plug in position against the end of the article without sustaining any of the weight or pressure.

A further object is to provide a tip of the character stated which permits the plug to be removed and replaced whenever desired and without employing skilled labor for the purpose.

\Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of my improved socket. Fig. 2 is an end view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view in longitudinal section showing my improved socket in position on the end of a crutch or like article and showing the plug in operative position. Fig. 4 is a view in side elevation of the plug, and Fig. 5 is a view in end elevation of Fig. 4c.

1 represents my improved socket which is composed of spring metal, preferably slightly tapering in form with its upper open end having longitudinal slits 2 to render this upper end elastic to permit it to be readily inserted upon the end of a crutch or other article to be supported.

At the lower end of the socket piece 1, a circular hollow enlargement 3 is provided having an opening 4: in its bottom for the reception of my improved plug 5. The plug 5 is circular in shape, and of two diameters. The smaller diameter 6 projects through the opening 4 in the socket, while the larger diameter 7 is confined within the circular enlargement 3 of the socket, and is in line with and receives directly thereupon the crutch 8 or other article supported. In other words, the crutch bears directly upon the plug 5, and the socket 1 serves merely as a holding device to maintain the plug against the end of the crutch and prevent its accidental displacement. The entire weight, however, is sustained by the plug and when the latter is worn, it can be readily replaced by removing the socket 1, withdrawing the plug from the upper end of the socket, and replacing the same by a new plug inserted through the upper end of the socket.

With my improvements, any one of average intelligence can insert a new plug without requiring skilled labor, and the article can be placed upon the market and sold at an extremely low price.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A tip of the character described, com prising a socket having an opening in one end, and a removable plug of two diameters, the smaller diameter projecting through the opening in the socket, and the larger diameter confined within the socket and appreciably smaller in diameter than the diameter of the socket, substantially as described.

2. A tip of the character described, comprising a socket having longitudinal slits at one end, and a circular enlargement at its other end, said circular enlargement having an opening therethrough in the bottom of the socket, and a plug of two diameters, the smaller diameter projecting through the opening, and the larger diameter located Within the enlargement and appreciably smaller in diameter than the diameter of receive directly thereupon a crutch or other article to which the socket'is attached, sub- 10 stantially as described. 7' r In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

V FRANK G. TOWN. Witnesses:

ALEX ROBINSON, Jos. G. HEULINGS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing tlie Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

